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Rev Frances Louise Banner-Goodloe Welch
6 Aug 1926 – 25 Nov 2009
| Birth | 6 Aug 1926 |
| Death | 25 Nov 2009 |
| Cemetery | Forest Park Cemetery Greenville , Hunt County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | John Armstrong on 26 Aug 2005 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11614969 |
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Name: Frances Louise Banner Event Type: Birth Event Date: 06 Aug 1926 Event Place: Mckinney, Collin, Texas, United States Gender: Female Father's Name: Beverly Barret Banner Mother's Name: Ella Loraine Bost Certificate Number: 48356 Digital Folder Number: 004687156 Image Number: 03331 Citing this Record: "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXMJ-V8V : 11 March 2018), Frances Louise Banner, 06 Aug 1926; citing Mckinney, Collin, Texas, United States, certificate 48356, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,240,154. Hunt County, Texas, Marriages 1921-1945, grooms page 78: groom: Goodloe, John C. bride: Banner, Frances Louise married: 4 Mar 1944 recorded: marriage volume 31 page 459 Herald Banner, Thursday, 26 Nov 2009, page A3, Obituaries, Louise Welch Louise Banner Welch, 83, of Greenville, left this life to be with the Lord in the early morning hours of Nov. 25, 2009, at her home. She was born in McKinney on Aug. 26, 1926, to B.B. and Ella Lorraine Banner; they preceded her in death. Rev. Welch attended Greenville schools before attending numerous universities, including East Texas State University, Texas Woman's University, University of Texas at Austin, Western Illinois, Texas A and M, and Perkins School of Theology at SMU. Rev. Welch obtained three master's degrees in economics, business, and theology. She retired as an English teacher after a 20-year career and then began her second career as a minister in the Methodist faith. At one time Louise worked as the manager of the Pythian Guest House in Greenville, which was built by her father. She was proud to have been the first Reform Party candidate in the State of Texas to be printed on the ballot, the same year Ross Perot was a write-in candidate. Rev. Welch was a member of numerous organizations, including the American Association of University Women, Retired Teachers Union, and the Knights of Pythias. She published two books and was proud to be teaching Sunday school at the Westview Methodist Church as recently as this past summer. Louise led a life full of joys and accomplishments and left an example for all to attain. Louise is survived by one daughter, Mary Dykes and husband Clyde of Gilmer; four grandchildren, Scott Dykes, Paula and Dean Weaver, and Lori Dykes all of Gilmer and Autumn Joy and Sean Bradshaw of Mount Pleasant; five great-grandchildren, Dale Louise Jackson, Elizabeth Dykes, Erin Weaver, and Bradley Weaver, all of Gilmer, and Lana Rose Gill of Weaver; great-great grandchildren Leah Jackson, Caleb Gill and Elijah Brady; one brother, Judge Paul Banner and wife Judith of Gladewater; and numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives. She was also preceded in death by one son, John Goodloe; one sister, Jeanne Banner Peek; and one brother, B.B. "Bill" Banner Jr. Services for Rev. Welch will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Westview Methodist Church in Greenville with Pastor Veronica Greanead serving as minister. A family burial will take place at Forest Park Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Peters Funeral Home. Guests may leave condolences to the family or sign the online obituary at www.petersfh.com or www.heraldbanner.com.
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